Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-31
SUCCESS IN FARMING.
Tho Only Way OF Making Agricultural
Pursuits Profitable.

rho Only Way OF Making Agricultural
Pursuits Profitable
Farming does not mean simply stir
ring the soil, sowing the seed and
harvesting the crops, but from the be-
ginning Of the year to its end there
should be constant production in
every possible manner. While the
crops arc growing the future food is
being prepared, but rs soon rs it Is
harvested il should be made still more
scrviceable by being converted into
some higher-priced product While
an acre Of land NAV produce fifty
bushels OF corn on Its part, yet that
corn may nearly all find its way back
to the soil that produced it, only that
portion being sold that will repay the
cost and labor of converting it into
beef, mutton, pork, wool, muscle or
whatever 1t may contribute. Tho
farmer who can so manage as to So
cure the largest crops, and return TO
his soil the larger portion by disposing
of that which Is more readily salable
in some other shape, will gradually
become wealthy, though the actual rc-
ceipts may. be apparently small.
Farming is continuous operation.
1t Is the changing of products from
one kind to another according TO the
demand for each. In estimating the
value Of bushel of corn produced on
the farm. and fed to stock, it must be
regarded as cheaper to the farmer than
to any other person, since he does not
have to transport 1t to market; and
when charging 1t 10 his animals as
food he should deduct from the market
cost the expense which he would other
wise incur for pagging, handling, haul
ing and freight. The true value OF the
corn is that which 1t produces. The
rule Of charging interest for the corn
As a crop, and also on the beef or milk
derived from it, often causes the ac-
counts to appear unfavorable. IL is the
first disposition OF the crop that regu-
lates It's value. II it disappears from
the farm in the carcass of the steer, 1t
stands in the same position as IL the
steer grew upon the land instead Of
the corn, the corn being only tho COM
ponent part of tho steer in the shape
Of marketable beet. II the crop be fed
to the cow, and the milk sold off the
farm, the cropis simply sent away in the
mik-cans in place of bags, and, instead
of being compelled to sell the entire
crop to realize q certain sum, tho
change of form by conversion into
some other product results in the &C.
curing of an equal sum from only
portion OF the crop. Hence the farmer
should aim to sell as Ii tie as possible
of the farm. That is, he should en-
deavor TO secure the largest sum pos
sible with the smallest amount OF
product by converting all crops into
those that are less bulky and COIN
mand the higher prices. But the FARM
ing business requires system. 1t calls
for the use of all kinds of suitable
ma hlnery and stock. AS no manli-
facturer Of cotton goods can afford to
weave his goods with hand looms,
neither can farmer expect to make
farming profitable unless he takes ad-
vantage of all opportunities open to.
him. II his crops are to be fed on the
farm and rendered serviceable in pro-
ducing something else through the
agency OF stock, such stock must bo
perfectly adapted TO the purposes do
signed. The largest possible increase
at the least cost and in the shortest
period Of time should be the rule. and
upon this depends the turning point
between profit and loss. = Psisadclphid
Record.